Bought a Raritan Arsenal Refit and I have a Question

My new (old) Raritan Arsenal Refit mixmaster has a problem. When I bought it I didn't notice that the band retaining spring nub on the stock does not fit all the way into the bayonet band notch. The spring does not snap into it completely. It looks as though if the spring was just a tiny bit further forward, or the band was a bit backward, they would match up. The spring appears to have some life in it, so I guess it just doesn't fit correctly. Anybody out there ever see this happen? Could there be a miss match of parts? Any other ideas and/or remedies?

Thanks in advance.

gunhawk, Welcome to the forum - lots of good information available on this site, and you'll find a lot of really helpful members. Also, check out the "search feature" tab near the top of the pages. I've had a similar problem on one of my carbines and found that the band spring hole was drilled at a slight angle causing a poor match up between the nub and the hole in the band. Other members suggested that I could modify the band spring hole a bit on the RH side of the stock and use some wooden toothpicks or a piece of a wooden match to shim it for a better fit. I think my problem was opposite of yours though - spring was too far forward. Others should chime in soon with helpful tips. - Bob

gunhawk,

Bob beat me to the welcome. I haven't had to make a repair like that, I guess my holes were always drilled straight. But there are a couple of stock guys here that really know their stuff. Do you have any pictures, that is always helpful.
Enjoy the forum, Jim

Hi; Do you know if the retaining springs is GI? I needed a spring for a stock I got [why do people ruin stocks by removing springs and recoil plate nuts?]and ordered a new one, it turned out to be aftermarket and I had to file the back of the lug down in order to make it work. I have since thrown it away. GK

I had a similar problem and simply took a small flat file and removed just a bit of metal from the flat (rear) area of the band until the nib would snap up and lock the band. It doesn't take much at all and you can also remove a bit of material off the spring flat rear area. There isn't much if any danger of goofing it up as once it snaps the parts are locked in place. The springs are also sometimes worn at the flat area and dressing up that area with a tiny file works perfect. I used the same file to dress up the plunger bearing surface on my Winchester to save the original extractor. I am a hobbyist watchmaker so I have these small tools on hand.

My question is, does the band fit tight to the stop shoulder? If it does, then you would 'fit' the band spring to it as Dave posted.

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